HEARING: BROADBAND MAPPING AND DATA COLLECTION
[SOURCE: House of Representatives Commerce Committee]
The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet will hold a Legislative Hearing on H.R.____, a Discussion Draft Addressing Broadband Mapping and Data Collection. Thursday May 17 at 2:00 p.m. in room 2322 Rayburn House Office Building
http://energycommerce.house.gov/membios/schedule.shtml
HEARING: BROADBAND MAPPING AND DATA COLLECTION
[SOURCE: House of Representatives Commerce Committee]
The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet will hold a Legislative Hearing on H.R.____, a Discussion Draft Addressing Broadband Mapping and Data Collection. Thursday May 17 at 2:00 p.m. in room 2322 Rayburn House Office Building
http://energycommerce.house.gov/membios/schedule.shtml
TV VIOLENCE BILL HEADS TO SENATE NEXT WEEK
[SOURCE: Reuters]
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) is set to introduce legislation next week aimed at protecting children from violent television programming. The bill is likely include some of the recommendations from a recent government report that concludes Congress could craft laws to regulate violent content without trampling on constitutional protections for free speech.
"NATIONAL" BROADBAND PLAN A STALKING HORSE FOR REGULATING INTERNET
[SOURCE: Scott Cleland]
[Commentary] A "national broadband plan" is a codeword for a 1970's-style government "industrial policy" where the government decides what technologies consumers get and which companies will succeed of fail. By arbitrarily choosing speeds and arbitrarily setting timetables for deployment, the government is setting itself up to take a much more proactive and interventionist role in heavily regulating and managing broadband competition into a utility-like system.
MUNICIPAL WI-FI: A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE
[SOURCE: BusinessWeek, AUTHOR: ]
WHO'S AFRAID OF GOOGLE?
[SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle, AUTHOR: Verne Kopytoff]
GOOGLE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE DOWN PROPOSAL ON CENSORSHIP
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Elinor Mills]
TV STATION REVS UP 8.2% TO $22.5 BILLION
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
TV station revenue in 2006 was $22.5 billion, up 8.2% from the year before, according to financial advisor BIA Financial Network Spanish-language TV beat the average by rising 10.3%. BIA attributed the gain to more widely available programming and predicting it would beat the average in 2007 "and beyond." BIA analyst Mark Fratrick was attributing much of that gain to the cyclical boost in ad spending from the elections and Olympics.
SUPER BOWL AD FOR $2.7 MILLION ALSO BUYS MYSPACE POSTING
[SOURCE: USAToday, AUTHOR: Bruce Horovitz]
NTIA CHIEF ANALYZES FCC CABLE PLAN
[SOURCE: Technology Daily 5/8, AUTHOR: David Hatch]
Highlighting the challenges of the digital television transition, a Commerce Department official said that an FCC initiative governing cable carriage of digital broadcast signals may raise thorny First Amendment issues. John Kneuer, the chief of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration, said that the proposed rules, which are strongly opposed by the cable industry, might interfere with the transition if introduced "at this juncture." The transition deadline is Feb. 17, 2009.
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